secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)
CIK:        0001318220
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-23-048602
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waste Connections founder Ronald Mittelstaedt returns as President and CEO; Jackman departs
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- Worthing F. Jackman terminated without cause as President & CEO and Board member, effective April 23, 2023.
- Founder Ronald J. Mittelstaedt appointed President & CEO; was Executive Chairman since 2019.
- Michael W. Harlan, lead independent director, becomes non-executive Chairman of the Board.
- Mittelstaedt's salary set at $1,100,000 with 150% target bonus; equity target 380% of salary.
- Company reaffirms 2023 full-year financial outlook; Q1 earnings call on April 26, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465923048602/0001104659-23-048602-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465923048602/tm2313377d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-048602

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